Roosevelt's Annual Message Outlines National Priorities
President Roosevelt will tackle urgent national questions upon returning to Washington. Key topics include railroad rate policy and corporate investigations, Panama Canal matters, cabinet reorganization, Philippine reform, graft probes with Wilson and Hitchcock, public printer and interstate commerce, and foreign affairs involving Venezuela Santo Domingo China Japan Germany and The Hague peace conferences.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Oyster Bay
Congress
Panama Canal
Board of Consulting Engineers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Leslie M. Shaw
William H Moody
Philippines
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
F. W. Palmer
Illinois
Oscar J. Ricketts
Interstate Commerce
Fifer
Yates
Ilinois
United States
Venezuela
France
Ident Castro
Caracas
Santo Domingo
Senate
China
Japan
Germany
Hague
Chief Discourages Drinking by Locomotive Engineers Leader
Grand Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers urged abstinence during a Lincoln visit. He said he would not hire or would fire any drinker, off or on duty, stressing full faculties are needed for safety and productivity. Engineers supported the stance, viewing drinking as a danger and costly to rail operation.
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Brotherhood
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Lincoln
Yellow fever outbreak lists new convent infection cases
The Sunday yellow fever report shows six cases among girls at Mount Carmel institute asylum on Piety street and cases in nearby Mount Carmel convent on St. Claude street. An additional case is reported from French asylum on St Ann street and two cases in Algiers. Sister May Edith of the convent of Perpetual Adoration died at eighteen. Total in New Orleans under treatment is 22, indicating progress in combating the epidemic and possibly easing quarantines by the President's arrival.
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New Orleans
Mount Carmel Institute
Piety Street
Mount Carmel
St. Claude Street
St. Ann‘street
Algiers
May Edith
Convent of Perpetual Adoration
Petronillo Nogel
Louisiana
Milwaukee Grand Jury Reveals Corruption and Crime
The Milwaukee grand jury indicts Cornélius L. Corcoran and an ex-alderman with two citizens, reporting a deeply corrupt system with organized vice and crime. Witnesses allegedly falsified testimony, and officials resisted truth to conceal wrongdoing.
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Common Council of
Milwaukee
Grand Jury
Governor Hanley Reveals Sherrick Misuse of State Funds
Indiana Governor Hanley spoke at the Thirtieth Indiana regiment reunion in Hamilton detailing why ex-auditor David E. Sherrick resigned. He said $10,009 went to a Casino operator at French Lick and listed $75,000 in wild cat securities as losses. The governor cited Sherrick's absences from tax commission sessions due to drinking and late gaming table carousals.
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Hanley
Indiana
Hamilton
David E. Sherrick
David E. ‘Sherrick
French Lick
Sherrick
State Board of Tax Commissions
Carter Again On Rack
Oberlin M. Carter former army captain released from Leavenworth after a five year sentence for embezzlement of government funds through construction contracts returned to Chicago and was examined by Special Examiner Richard Wyman. He has completed his sentence and fights the government to recover money and property alleged to have been embezzled while a locomotive engineer at Savannah Georgia. The case involves seizures in a United States circuit court and recovery actions, with Carter challenging government efforts.
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Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
Leavenworth
United States
Chicago
Richard Wyman
Carter
Poem
Savannah
Insurance Pool Alleged in Equitable Probe Says Funds Misused
Testimony before the investigating committee in New York described vast sums handled with carelessness. Witnesses from Equitable Assurance, Mutual, and New York Life testified a pool existed to influence legislation and that costs of the Paris building were inflated on the books while real outlay exceeded 2.5 million dollars.
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New York
Alfred W. Maine
Equitable Assurance Society
Equitable
the Mutual
New York Life Insurance Companies
Andrew Hamilton
McCall
New York Life
Huyes
Edward I
Devlin
New York Life For
United States
Canada
Paris
Home Office
Thief Uses Forged Check To Loot Pearl & Co Securities
A thief obtained 360000 dollars of Pearl & Co securities at the National City Bank in New York by presenting a forged check bearing a supposed signature. Detectives and financial officials race to block further negotiations and identify the young man who cashed the check. Bank officials note a growing risk from messenger boys handling large sums via certified checks. Three uniformed messengers recently withdrew loans totaling 400000 dollars using securities. No description of the suspect exists.
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National City Bank
New York
Pearl & Co
Fredom
Pearl & Co. Securities
National” City Bank
New Lord Mayor of London Named Alderman Walter Morgan
Walter Vaughan Morgan was elected lord mayor of London for the ensuing year. He is a septuagenarian banker and bachelor. Educated at the Bluecoat school he is a prominent Free Mason.
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Walter Vaughan Morgan
London
Morgan
Bluecoat School
Taft Party Returns Home From Far East
Secretary Taft and most of his party arrived in San Francisco aboard the Corea after a swift Pacific voyage from Yokohama. Taft warned that Philippine independence is not imminent, saying self rule will take generations, while praising the bipartisan delegation's restraint in discussing the issue.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Corea
Zeeder
San Francisco
Orient
Taft
Far East
Manchuria
Yokohama
Honolulu
Philippine Islands
Congressional
Packers Must Stand Trial in October Federal Ruling
Federal Judge Otis J. Humphrey in Chicago sustained the demurrer filed by the United States District Attorney Morrison to the plea in abatement by packers over indictments for restraint of trade. Judge Asemphiey ruled on broad grounds, not on technicalities. Jury likely drawn mid October.
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Chicago
United States
Morrison
Packers
Asemphiey
Honors For Witte Near Finnish Gulf Meeting
M Witte sailed from St Petersburg by boat to meet Emperor Nicholas and family on a yachting trip in the Finnish gulf. The talks are set for Bjoerke a quiet fishing port near where the Nicholas William interview occurred. A count title and the Order of St Andrew are suggested with a possible appointment as chief of the cabinet.
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M. Witte
St. Petersburg
Emperor Nicholas
Finnish Gulf
Bjoerke
Emperor William
Polar Star
Loubet
Life saving operation proposed for President Harper
Physicians attending President Harper of the University of Chicago state only a heroic surgical procedure can save him. The cancer must be checked by removing part of the large intestine, with an examination planned in a few days to decide on advisability. Odds are long for permanent relief if the operation proceeds.
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Harper
University of Chicago
Surgeons to Cut Knife Use, Obstetricians Predict
At a New York meeting of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, experts forecast surgeons will curb knife use within four years, signaling a shift in operative practices.
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American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
New York City
Red Cedar Promises Formidable Garden Value for Northeast
The evergreen red cedar is praised as the most promising material for formal gardens in the northeastern United States. Garden Magazine outlines shapes possible with cedars including standard, dome, pyramid, spire, arch, and rugged forms resembling Swiss stone pine, noting cedars can be trained into arches and tall sculptural shapes.
Whims of World’s Great Ones in Eccentric Geniuses
A compact survey of famed artists and thinkers noted for odd habits and solitary existences. Pieri di Cosimo kept animals as companions and fed on peculiar fare. Goya allegedly painted Wellington’s likeness with Waterloo kept in a fixed pose and a sculptor struck him during fatigue. Michael Angelo worked by candle at night to carve marble and wore shoes for long periods.
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W.H. C Bn
Goya
Brandt
Wellington
Michael Argelo
Leslie
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New York Bank
Lord Mayor
Humphrey
Witte
Fiderin
Childre
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